Sadiron-stand



F. THORNTON, JR.

SADIRON STAND- APPLICATION FILED NOV- 3. i916.

Patented Jan. 11,1921.

INVENTO R flank 77mm form/n WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK THORNTON, JR., OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR TO WESTING- HOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

SADIRON-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed November 3, 1916. Serial No. 129,270.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK THORNTON, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sadiron-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sad-iron stands, and it has for its object to provide a sadiron stand composed entirely of sheet metal and provided with means for heating curling irons and other implements.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is a plan view of a sad-iron stand constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the stand shown in Fig. 1.

The sad-iron stand herein shown is constructed, in a general way, like the stand covered by Patent No. 1,161,167, granted November 23, 1915, to VVes'tinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company upon an application filed by me. It comprises upper and lower plates 1 and 2, preferably constructed of sheet metal and of the same general contour as a sad iron. The plates 1 and 2 are provided with side flanges 3 and 4 and with a plurality of laterally projecting integral and spherically curved portions 5 which cooperate, in pairs, to fasten the plates 1 and 2 together and are separated by means of an intermediate plate 6. The curved portions 5 of the plates 1 and 2 may be secured to the plate 6 in any convenient manner, as by riveting or welding.

The plate 6 is of the generally triangular form shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the portions of its converging side edges which lie between the portions 5 are bent upwardly in the shape of flanges 7 to form a receptacle for a curling iron. An opening 8 is formed in the upper plate 1, between the flanges 7, and the effect of the arrangement .just described is that the upper plate 1, the flanged plate 6 and the sides of the portions 5 cooperate to form a box-like inclosure that is open at the top. The space between the rear pairs of curved portions 5 is left open and unobstructed in order that a curling iron or other implement to be heated may be readily inserted.

The sad-iron stand which I have shown and described may be utilized in the ordinary manner for supporting sad irons.

When it is desired to heat a curling iron or other implement by the heat radiated from the sad iron, such device may be inserted between the plates 1 and 6 through the openbe well adapted to the purposes of my invention, it is to be understood that my in vention is not restricted to the specific structural details which I have shown and described but is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A sad-iron stand comprising upper and lower sheet-metal plates secured together, and a receptacle between the said plates for receiving a curling iron or the like, said receptacle being adapted to receive heat directly from a sad iron resting upon said stand.

2. A sad-iron stand comprising a plurality of sheet-metal plates secured together, one of the said plates being provided with an opening, and means for supporting a curling iron or the like adjacent said opening to receive heat, through the said opening, from a sad iron resting upon the said stand.

3. A sad-iron stand comprising upper and lower sheet-metal plates secured together, the upper plate being provided with an opening, and an intermediate plate disposed between the said upper and lower plates and provided with flanges to form a receptacle in communication with the said opening in the upper plate.

4:. A sad-iron stand comprising upper and lower sheet-metal plates secured together by means of correspondingly disposed curved portions that cooperate with each other in pairs and an intermediate plate provided with flanges cooperating with certain of the said curved portions to form a receptacle for receiving a curling iron or the like.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th day of Oct. 1916.

FRANK THORNTON, J R. 

